THE BREVARD NEWS
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Entered at the Postoffice in Brevard,
N. C., as Second Class Matter
James F. Barrett Editor
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Thursday, May 21, 1931
AN EXPOSITION IN WHICH
ALL CAN TAKE PART
From June first to June sixth, in
clusive, the second "Made-in-North
Carolina Week" will be observed,
through proclamation of Gov. 0. Max
Gardner. This exposition will be
state-wide, and its chief features will
be the display of made-in-Carolina
goods. Merchants all over the state
are to feature merchandise made in
this state, and purchasers are to ask
for articles made in this state when ,
making their purchases.
The success of the movement de
pends upon the interest taken by the
citizens of the state. If the merchants
fail to enter into the spirit of the oc
casion, and the purchasers pay no at
tention to the important fact of
where their goods were made that
they are purchasing, of course the
movement will be a flat failure. On
the other hand, if all of us will show
a real interest in the proposition, then
wo shall make a great stride forward
in bringing this good old state into
its rightful position.
Let all who love North Carolina
enter into the spirit of the occasion,
and make "Made-in-North Carolina
Week" one howling success. We are
then lending material aid to our fac
tories, our workers, our business men
and ourselves.
MR. BELL'S TIMELY
ADVICE TO BREVARD
Mr. J. L. Bell, one of the town's
most highly respected citizens, is mak-J
ing a most effective campaign in
Brevard for a finer spirit of co-oper
ation and a more effective display of
a neighborly spirit among the citizens
of the community. He handed the
following verse to The News, the sen
timent having caught his attention,
and we are passing it along. Please
read it, and whatever strength and
influence that you can add to the com
munity spirit will be of untold value
to all. The lines run ?
What We All Need
A little more kindness, and a little less
creed;
A little more giving, and a little less
greed;
A little more smile, and a little less
frown;
A little less kicking a man when he's
down;
A little more "we," and a little less
UJ>* ,
.4 little more laugh, and a little less
cry;
/I little more flowers on the pathway
of lif e ?
And fewer on graves at the end of the
strife.
ANOTHER TRANSYLVANIA
BOY MAKING GOOD
Word ?omes from North Carolina
State College that R. J. Lyday, son
of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Lyday, prom
inent citizen here, has made splendid
record in the state institution, being
an honor student, holding membership
in Alpha Zeta, an honorary frater
nity.
Nothing else brings greater pride
and joy to the hearts of the citizens
of this community than that produced
when one of our own boys or girls
makes a good record in college. We
know that the citizens of the county
will join The Brevard News in ex
pressing appreciation of the efforts
of young Mr. Lyday in thus bringing
honor to himself and to his county.
THE COLUMBUS CITIZEN
SERVING ITS CITIZENS
Just as we had about come to the
conclusion that Brevard was so far
removed from Columbus that there
were no means of communication be
tween the towns, here comes along a
copy of The Columbus Citizen, Broth
er J. P. Hamil's new paper now in its
second month. We were truly glad
to receive it, and shall look forward
each week to the coming of the newsy
and breezy sheet. Addition of The
Columbus Citizen to Polk county's
paper list, giv^s to that county a most
complete service. The Polk County
News, published at Tryon, and the
daily paper at Tryon? an institution
in a class all to itself ? with the new
paper at Columbus, the connty seat,
S?ive a combined news service that
will, we venture to say, be of tremen
dous value to our sister county.
A GREAT MEETING IS ' I
EXPECTED THURSDAY
It is highly important that all men 1
and women who are interested in
Brevard and its future attend the j
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
this Thursday night, and take part
in the community work to be done.
The summer season is right here, and
there is much to be done, if we are
to have the success that is within our
reach. The new rules of the Chamber
of Commerce, giving to each member .
a vote and voice in the proceedings
is expected to create greater interest t
in the organization than has ever !
been witnessed in the past.
President Jerry Jerome is to name
the committees, and outline the work
of the organization for the year. This :
is YOUR community, and whatever!
is done, will be done for YOUR in-,
terest, and whatever is left undone, is ,
bound to hurt YOUR interests. And;
whatever YOU do for the Chamber
of Commerce is going io determine j
the good that is to result. If YOU
are interested in the community, then
the community will grow. If YOU'
are not interested, then the coramun- !
ity will suffer.
Let's all be there, with the one big
idea in mind of working for the good |
of the community. There is much 1
work that must be done. Let's do it. ?
IT ISN'T SO: WE'RE
NOT GETTING OLD
"Wait! Let that old man pass."
Two young ladies were tripping
lightly along the highway. We were!
engineering the Ford, and making
ready to turn left into a filling sta-'
tion for the purpose of obtaining that
expensive essential in operation of a
. car ? to-wit : gas. One young lady |
grabbed the other young lady by the
arm, and exclaimed:
? "Wait! Let that old man pass.''
Now, dadjimit, that girl shouldn't
have said that. We're not an old
man, and we told her so, with more
or less emphasis, and she just stood
I there and stared at us, with that
, baby stare, all surprised looking, and
? the more we said, the more she seem
i ed to pity us, and giving it up as a
! bad job, we ended it by saying right
back at her: "So's your old man," and
, drove on.
! But the thing stuck, and calm re
j flection upon the facts brought to
mind the awful truth that fifty years
?half a century ? are gone, and al
ready the sun of life has passed the
meridian and traveling with light
ning-like speed toward the western
horizon, to sink some day.
i And then we thought of you. and
you, and of all that you and we had
planned to do in our time here on
'earth, and the realization of the little
that we have done, and of all that
. must be done, and with such a short
time left in which to do all these
things, the bigness of it all causes
consternation.
j We must find that girl and apolo
'gize to her, and if you have blessed
someone out for telling you the truth,
you must do likewise, and we must
get busy and keep busy during the
remaining years, else we shall have
. to apologize to Life for the failures
made along the way.
j LORD CHESTERFIELD
! COULDN'T TOUCH IT
j Col. Wade Harris, editor of The
Charlotte Observer, lover of the
' mountains, and a powerful writer,
paid compliment to Mrs. E. L. McKee
' in language more appealing in its
eloquence than any appeal, in all of
Chesterfield's elegance, and more
beautifully expressed than any of the
many beautiful things whispered by
Romeo into the ears of Juliet;
I Read the Colonel's editorial, and be.
! proud that you lived in the district so
ably represented by the subject of tin
following beautiful words:
"Let us get down to work and get
away from here!" This was the
soulful exclamation by Mrs. McKee,
the honorable senator from Jackson
count}', on being disturbed over a
proposition that looked to a further
prolongation of the legislative stay
at Raleigh. Gone to the capital
city at a time when New Year
greetings were being passed around,
and held there to see the New Year
become progressively old, who can
blame the lady senator- for this pub
licly-expressed yearning for return
to the refreshing environs of the
Sylvan county seat of Jackson,
again in the cozy home, back-fenced
be the upsweep of the 3,000-foot
wooded wall that overtowers the
town ; back- in the midst of the dah
lias, the grass and the hemlocks, to
be greeted with a kiss in salute
from the soldier on his granite
perch in front of the courthouse
atop the mountain: to be waved a
greeting from the lofty shoulders
of Slack Rock, from his 5,854-foot
elevation, with Water Rock, sky
lined at 6,400 feet, bending over to
join in the welcome and with even
the rippling waters of Scott creek
singing a louder song in delight as
it flows by to join the merry Tuck
aseegc. The gladness at return to
Sylva will not be altogether on one
side, for the distinguished home
coming stateswoman will find it a
case of rejoicing in which even the
mountains will be joining.
THE PRAYER CORNER )
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THE SECOND MILE
There are households where the 1
One Mile marks the outer boundary,
within which tbe whole life of the
family moves. They do just as much
as they have to do, and no more. The
household is run in the spirit with
which a miser pays taxes. Any over
How of spontaneous love, and volun
teering of surplus kindliness is un
known. They keep the prohibitions
of the law, and look for a home to
come of it, like Gasparoni the Italian
bandit who hoped for heaven because
he had never committed murder on
Friday. They are one mile folks and
they make a one mile home.
But it is the unnecessary courtes
ies, the unexpected present brought
from the city, the uncalled for
thoughtfulness of lovers, the surpris
es of kindliness over and above what
can be required ? this super abund
ance makes a real home. Here the
difference lies between a parent and
a father, between progeny and sons
and daughters, between a housewife
and a mother. Let a housewife be
ever so faithful about her tasks, de
termined to do them well with resolu
tion, keeping the home neat, the chil
dren well provided; yet any man or
woman who has a real mother knows
at once that such description leaves
the glory out.
The real mother did her duties, too,
but fhere wa3 something more ? a
radience that glowed through her
simple tasks, like a quiet dawn in
summer, an ampleness of love as tho
she moved in realms where rules had
been forgotten, that made her human
affection liberal like the love of the
eternal God.
Her ministries could not be so com
mon place as to let you utterly escape
the secret influence of the fact that
with unsearchable desire she had
prayed for you first. Her spirit was
greater than her deeds, and suffused
them; and as you remember her now
you think not sp much of her particu
lar ministries as of that unwearied
willingness to overpass all boundar
ies in loving you.
The last thing you can ever forget
is that luminous tenderness which,
like God's sunshine on the just and
the unjust, sought you out in whatso
ever merit or demerit you might be,
?
to find you as Christ found the world,
not that He might condemn it, but
that the world through Him might ho
saved. All true mothers live in thr
spirit of the Second Mile.
Like the Word of God brooding
over the chaos, and making a world of
it, this surplus tenderness creates
homes out of households. There are
few things more pathetic than a one
mile family but the crown of all
human relationships, and the hope of
the country is the Two Mile home,
where always "the cup runneth ov
er."
A PRAYER
Bless us Our Father, in all our
work and in all the relations of life.
Sanctify the life of the home, may its
memories abide with us to strengthen
us in the hour of temptation to com
fort us in the hour of sorrow. May
children love and honor their par
ents, and may parents be tender and
considerate with their children, know
ing how delicate is the child soul, and
how easily harshness casts it down.
Pour out a spirit of kindness and
goodness in the home, that all the
members of it may be bound each to
each in bonds of mutual love and ser
vice that may not be broken..
Bless us in the larger world where
we toil and suffer. We thank Thee for
work and the opportunity of work.
Grant that our labor may be congen
ial to us, that we may do it with ease
and a sense of mastery. Let us not
be enslaved to our tasks, but may we
feel ourselves greater than they, and
ready for still nobler efforts. Save 11?
from sullen discontent, from fruitless
war with the circumstances of our
lot.- Make our hearts obedient, that
by the untoward things of experience
we may win a larger and freer life.
Give us the spiritual vision and a
desire to pass beyond ourselves ti>
think of the needs of others, to make
the world a little better than wo
found it. Put within us Christ's
yearning for the redemption of the
world. Kindle within us His passioi
for the souls of men. Uphold us with
the faith that Thou hast called us un
to fellowship with Him as Thy co
workers in the achievement of Thy
Purpose of Good.
i In this faith let us cheer the
ADDITIONS MADE' TO THE j
CHURCH AT QLADY, BRANCH
Uunaunlly Interesting services wertj
held the, firm Hiirniny at (Jlady
Branch Baptist dhurrh, when two new
members were received into the
churrh, nn dtwo ilenron* were ordain
ed. Rev, I, K. Kuykendall is pastor,'
and the membcri give his work high
praise.
i
mourner, raise up the fallen, relieve
the needy, forgive the wrong doer,
and praise the lover of simplicity and
goodness. While we give to other?
give Thou to us that we may grow
more and more in the spirit of help
fulness and generosity, both in word
and deed, and unto Thy nnme we wii
ascribe praise and honor and glory,
world without end. Amen.
? C. D. C.
PENROSE ATHLETES
SPONSORING PLAY
"The Path Across The Hill," a most
appealing play, will be given at Ptn
rose in the school auditorium Satur
day night, May 23, at 7:.'{0 o'clock,
by the Penrose Athletic club. TH<re
are ten characters in the play, end it
is said that all participants have
worked hard in perfecting their parts,
so that a most splendid presentatii.-i
may be made. N. L. Ponder is direc
tor of the club, and is directing th"
parte in the play.
All people interested in this cow
niunity and in the work being done
the club are urged to atu-nd the play/V
A good time is promised all who atj^
tend.
Checkerboard Chatter
Volume 1 May 21, 1931 Number 24
Published in the in
terest of the people
of BREVARD avd
T R ANSYLVAN1A
County by the ?
B&B
Feed & Seed Co.
Weep to the tale of
Willie T-8
Who met a girl
whose name was
K-8
He courted her at a
fearful R-8
And begged her to
become his M-8
"I would if I could"
said lovely K-8
"I pity your lonely
unhapy St.-8
But alas, alas, you
have come too L-8
I'm married and al
ready the mother
of 8."
I
Time to now soy
beans, coiv pea?, Su
dan yrass, millet
and cane for hay.'
Scientists say that a
million germs will
live on I he head of
a pin. Rather a pe
culiar diet.
Weather Forecast ?
Much cooler to mor
row for horses and
mules if they cat
Omolene and Grain
ola.
Nora ? My mother
always gave me a
dollar for my birth
day and now I have
eighteen.
Tom-Gee, you must
have spent a lot of
money.
Hot sunshine, show
ers and UloomaM
will make your flow
ers beautiful.
It was the greatest
year in the history
of the telephone
company. Th<- annu
al reports ,-hov.cd
that there had been
an increase of al
most 100 per cent
in the number of
wrong numb''!1-.
Try Cnlf Chow v.ith
yovr nest cvl rex ?
they will be healthy
. . .husky ? . and
ttie chevji'tt raives
you ever mixed.
You can't get milk
from a race horse ?
Come in or ph'.ne us
for new LOW price
on Cow Chow. It's
made for cows on
pasture, keeps them
in flesh and produc
tion all summer.
B & B
Feed & Seed Co.
Brevard, N. C.
The St "re vAth the
Checkerboard Sign
you*
fa
MttJ
Don't Rasp Your
With Harsh
Irritants
Reach for a
LUCKY instead"
Now! Please!? Actually put /our finger on
your Adam's Apple. Touch it? your Adam's
Apple? Do you know you are actually touch
ing your larynx? This is your voice box? it
contains your vocal chords. When you con
sider your Adam's Apple, you are considering
your throat? your vocal chords. Don't rasp
your throat with harsh irritants ? Reach for
a LUCKY instead? Remember, LUCKY STRIKE
is the only cigarette in America that through
its exclusive "TOASTING" process expels
certain harsh irritants present in all raw to
baccos. These expelled irritants are sold to
manufacturers of chemical compounds. They
are' not present in your LUCKY STRIKE, and
so we say "Consider your Adam's Apple."
"it's toasted*'
Including the use of Ultra Violet Rays
Sunshine Mellows ? Heat Purifies
Your Throat Protection-- against irritation? against cough